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Date of birth: 1971, July-26
Years: 49 years old
Nation of birth: United States of America
Name And harris
Father Nancy Lee Harris
Mother Jay R. Harris
Place of birth/city Newton
Ethnicity White
Working for ABC News
Net worth $5 million
Married Yes
Married to Bianca Harris
Children Alexander Robert Harris
Awards Emmy
TV show : Good Morning America, Nightline, ABC World News Tonight, 500 questions, ABC’s The Lookout
Siblings Matt C. Harris

Synopsis

Dan Harris, news reader and journalist forABC News. He is also the host of the show. Nightlineand co-hosted the weekend show Good Morning American. Dan Harris won the Emmy Award for his reporting on How to Buy a Child in Ten Hours on Nightline.

Early life and education

Talented and hardworking boy, Dan Harris was born on July 26, 1971 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States of America. His father Jay R. Harris and mother Nancy Lee Harris. His mother is a pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and has a world authority on lymphomas.

 

Harriss’ father is chairman of Harvard’s radiation oncology residency program and received the 2007 Gold Medal from the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. He grew up with his brother, venture capitalist Matthew Carmichael Harris, in Massachusetts.

Dan Harris completed his graduation from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1993. As far as his ethnicity is concerned, Dan is of mixed ethnicity and belongs to American nationality.

Career

Dan Harris moved toNBC Newsin 2000. From 2006 to 2011, he hostedWorld News Sunday. He currently hosts WorldNews andABC World News tonightweekend editions.

 

In addition, Harris also appears in World News as a regular contributor. He covered the papal conclave in Vatican City, which elected Pope Francis in 2013. Prior to that, Dan also hosted News Digital’s debate coverage for the presidential election.

In 2014, Dan covered the Parliament Hill shooting in Ottawa. He currently works as a correspondent forABC Newsalong with co-anchor Sara Haines and Matt Gutman as well.

Personal life

Dan Harris is a married man. He has been married to his girlfriend, pulmonologist Bianca Harris since May 2009. The couple organized their wedding ceremony in New York.

 

Bianca gave birth to a baby boy, Alexander Robert Harris, on December 15, 2014. Currently, the couple is spending quality time in New York City with their son.

The couple also hasn’t revealed any plans to have another child yet. Apart from that, he is also active on social media and updates his important daily activities.

Net worth and salary

Dan Harris has earned a fair amount of net worth from his career as a journalist. He is a correspondent for ABC News and host of Nightline, as well as co-anchor of the weekend edition ofGood Morning America. In 2009, he also won an Emmy Award for his report ‘How to Buy a Child in Ten Hours’.

Dan earns an average salary of $85,000 a year. Being an Emmy Award winner, his salary also increased by 300% per award. Therefore, we can assume that Dans’ net worth is estimated at more than $5 million.

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